“Warren Buffett pays taxes on a smaller percentage of his billions in income than his cleaning lady.” PayTaxesBillionsIncomeCleaningPercentagesBuffett Author:Eric Alterman
“Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality.” StatesNationsWealthUnitedHalfUnited StatesDegreesSpringPercentPopulationIncomeInequalityEgyptIncome InequalityRwandaUgandaArab SpringWealth InequalityTunisia Author:Eric Alterman
“If newspapers were a baseball team, they would be the Mets - without the hope for those folks at the very pinnacle of the financial food chain - who average nearly $24 million a year in income - 'next year.'” IfsYearsWould BeNextMillionsTeamMetsBaseballFinancialAverageFolksNewspapersIncomeChainsNext YearPinnacleFood ChainBaseball Team Author:Eric Alterman
